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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-resources-act-1991/schedule-1/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1991/57",
  "legislation_title": "Water Resources Act 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-resources-act-1991",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/1",
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  "number": "1",
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  "text": "(1) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, a member shall hold and vacate office in accordance with the terms of his appointment and shall, on ceasing to be a member, be eligible for re-appointment.\n(2) A member may at any time by notice to the appropriate Minister resign his office.\n(3) The appropriate Minister may remove a member if he is satisfied—\n(a) that that member has been absent from meetings of the Authority for a period of more than three consecutive months without the permission of the Authority;\n(b) that that member has been adjudged bankrupt, that his estate has been sequestrated or that he has made a composition or arrangement with, or granted a trust deed for, his creditors; or\n(c) that that member is unable or unfit to carry out the functions of a member.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:36:46.190861+00:00"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}